Calf-weaner.



No. 894,400. PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

J. W. RYKARD.

CALI WEANER.

APPLlGATION FILED APR. 18. 1908.

WITNESS/5S I'NVEIVTOR Altomey ill.

I I JOHN W. RQTKARD, OF ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

UrtLF-WVEANER.

No. 31%,4t00.

.ltpplioatioo filed April 18, 190E.

Epecification on? Letters Potent.

Patented ("Filly $28, 1908.

ic'ierinl. No. 2272929.

To all whom it may concern; 7

Be it known that .l, dorm W. lti'imnn, o

citizen of the Uni ed filt ates, and. a resident I attachment s of Ahheville in the count'v of Abhevilie in I merit; and llig.

shown at 3'.

the Fitote oi South Carolina, have inventei'l certain new and useful Improvements in fisll-l leenors, oi which the followin specification.

My invention relates to devices for Wee-ning calves, and has for its object the orovis on of'o device fori'ned of Wire having it loop er.

tending therelron'i to be secured to on'iuznle of culinary construction and having projectingprongs with sharpened points integral therewith that prick the cows udder W ion the cell attempts to suchle her, so that the cow will avoid the calf and drive it away.

My invention Will he described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is 9. view of the head of u call haw-- ing o muzzle of ordinary construction with my improved nttnclinient secured thereto; Fig. 2, an enlarged phin. View of the attack 3, it sidelview thereof.

In the die ,1 similar relcrence choreoters indicate thee-o rrcsponding ports through out the several views.

A indicates the colfs head, having at nuns Zle B secured thereon by means of straps C, said muzzle being oi ordinary construction, and made of any suitable material.

Secured to muzzle B is my improved. attztchrnent D, which is made of a single strand of Wire, having a straight portion .1 formed of its middle portion, its two ends then bent back-on port 1, as shown at 2, on opposite sides of port 1,, and extending substantially oorollelto said part 1 tor a distance of little less than one-half of the length of part i, The two ends are then loent outwardly at substantially right angles to ports-3 and I, as shown at 4 then hack'to- Word port 1 at on acute angle, esshown at 5.

l l l 'on itself on-rt i and substantially in then pnrolll to ohnen' t WI All the ports of n iort .o for described hire on substantially the same plane and form the loose portion of in devi. that the hentportion and angles formed by parts irind .5 form loops through which to r n strunds of Wire or twine to secure the at toclnnent to the muzzle B. The coils of the Wire are finally hent outwardly sohstontielly I pernendiculnr to the plane oi the parts here toiore described, as shown at Z, and have their ends pointed, as shown, to form prongs. I llhen the ottncinnent 1s secured to the calfs hood, as shown in lliig. i, it will he epporent than; when it attempts to suckle the cow the prongs 7 will prick her udder rind make her avoid the cult and thus speedily .sistin Weaning it Having thus described my invention, what i claim isin conihinotion with a ozill-n'iuzzlo, a Weoner iii-ode of a single strand of who having it straight middle portion, thewire at each end of said straight niidrlle oo tion hent hitch each side th rind extended suhstun. ix, poroilcl tinuroto, then bent out itsrdl r, then hook on. if to twin-loops, then eg iiin SllljtllVH-lltparallel -ith the middle portion, all of said iilescrihed parts forming the hose of the attachment and secured to the muzzle through the loops formed by the bent heck portions described,

and the ends of the Wire bent outwzirslly pcr-' pendiculoriy to said base portion and shorts ened to form prongs, substsntielly as shown and described. v

In n'itnesswhereof, I have hereunto set it being understood my hand inprescnce of two subscribing witnesses.

" JOHN W. RYKARD.

' M. HoLLmoswoRTH,

Q J. Lyon. 

